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SHEET METAL BOX.

Patented Sept. 23, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EFrcE.

JOSEPH R. PATTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO R. B.\VARDIN, OF SAME PLACE.

SHEET-METAL BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,710, datedSeptember 23, 1884.

Application filed June 28, 1884. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. PATTON, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented an Improvement in Sheet-Metal BoXes,which improvement isfully set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan View of the blank from which thebody of a box embodying my invention is made. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe blank for the lid thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the bodyand lid separated. Fig. 4 is a section in line 00 m, Fig. 3. i

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists of a sheet-metal box, more especially adaptedfor'butter, the same being of simple and inexpensive construction, aswill be hereinafter set forth.

Refcrrin g to the drawings, A represents the body of a sheet-metal box,and 13 represents the lid thereof. The body is formed of the blank 0, ofthe parts corresponding with the bottom a and sides I) c of the body.The ends of the sides b and c are bent inwardly, forming lips D, and theportion of the blank corresponding to the corners of the bottom of thebox are cut into, as at d, so that when the sides be are turned up thelips D of adjacent sides lap one another, thus closing the corner of thesides of the body and rounding said corners. The lid 13 is somewhatsimilarly made of the blank 0 of the parts corresponding with the top aand sides 22 c, and the portion of the blank correspondingto the cornersof the top of the box are cut into, and the walls of the cut-intoportions formed with flanges E, which, when the sides I) c are turneddown, overlap the ends of said sides and prevent them from separating oropening out.

\Vhen the box is fiiled with butter or other substance and the lidfitted in position, the

sides of the lid embrace the sides of the body and prevent separation ofsaid sides of the body, thus keeping the body securely closed, thisbeing assured by the outward pressure of the sides b c of the body onthe sides b 0 of the lid, and consequently increased holdingpower of thelid, it being noticed that the body and lid are formed without solder.\Vhen the box is to be emptied, the lid is displaced, and, owing to thedisconnected nature of the sides I) c of the body and the disposition ofsaid sides to separate or open, the contents of the body may be quicklyremoved.

If desired, the blanks for the body may be furnished storekeepers anddealers in flat condition, so as to be readily transported, and have thesides bent or set up when the box is desired for use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is I 1. A box-body formed of the bot-torn aand sides I) c, the corners of said bottom being cut into, as at d, andthe ends of the sides being disconnected and provided with lips D, whichlap one another at adjacent ends, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. A box-lid formed of the top a and sides b c, with disconnected ends,the corners of the top having flanges E, which overlap adjacent ends ofthe sides I) c, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A box consisting of a body formed of a bottom and sides withdisconnected ends, and a lid formed of a top with disconnected sides andends and cornenflanges overlapping the latter ends, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

JOS. It. IATTON.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsI-IEIM, A. 1. GRANT.

